Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/December 30

One of the original 1000 series cars operated on the Tokyo Underground Railway between Ueno and Asakusa

1892 – Canadian Pacific Railway opens the line between Payne and Eganville, Ontario; the first trains on the line are excursions from Renfrew.^[1]
1906 – A train wreck at Terra Cotta near present day Fort Totten in Washington, D.C., kills 52; the accident leads to the Interstate Commerce Commission banning future wooden body passenger car construction.
1927 – The Ginza Line (pictured), the oldest subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
1996 – Dallas Area Rapid Transit opens the first line of Trinity Railway Express between Dallas and Irving, Texas.^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. December 12, 2005. Retrieved December 27, 2005.
^ Trinity Railway Express. "Significant dates in Trinity Railway Express history". Retrieved December 27, 2005.
^ DART. "DART history". Retrieved December 27, 2005.